In December 1980 a Swedish TV-programme revealed that movies previously banned by the Swedish board of film classification, were available on videocassettes. Still worse: the program also revealed that these videos could be obtained by children. The program caused an uproar in Sweden - an uproar that soon hit Norway when the national press discovered that the same videocassettes could be found here. In both countries VIDEOVIOLENCE emerged as a major threat to the well being of children and youth, and various groups called for legislation to stop it. In this dissertation I will give an overview of the Norwegian debate over VIDEOVIOLENCE in the period between 1980-1987.